Canola Watch

Canola Watch teams up with Real Agriculture to offer podcasts recorded live at canolaPALOOZA 2019 at Lacombe, Alberta. In this podcast, the third of five in the series, hosts Jay Whetter and Shaun Haney interview Dale Fedoruk with Elite Agronomy, Norm Flore with Nutrien, Patrick Mooleki with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Warren Ward with the Canola Council of Canada. The conversation is an expert-driven crash course on crop nutrition, including placement, openers, logistics, timing and products.

Canola Watch teams up with Real Agriculture to offer podcasts recorded live at canolaPALOOZA 2019 at Lacombe, Alberta. In this podcast, the second of five in the series, hosts Jay Whetter and Shaun Haney interview Hector Carcamo with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, James Tansey with Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture and Keith Gabert with the Canola Council of Canada. The conversation is about 2019 management issues with flea beetles and cabbage seedpod weevil.

Canola Watch teams up with Real Agriculture to offer podcasts recorded live at canolaPALOOZA 2019 at Lacombe, Alberta. In this podcast, the first of five in the series, hosts Jay Whetter and Shaun Haney interview Luis Del Rio with North Dakota State University and Kelly Turkington with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to talk about sclerotinia stem rot risk factors and management.

Dan Orchard, the Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialist and captain of the clubroot brain trust, goes over the canolawatch.org 'Clubroot True/False' quiz with host Jay Whetter. This is your chance to learn a tonne about clubroot management.

Combine losses of one to two percent (one bu./ac. or less) are achievable, but are your canola harvest losses in that range? In this podcast, combine-loss researcher Joel McDonald and Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialist Angela Brackenreed talk with host Jay Whetter about how to measure loss and, as an important second step, how to set the combine to reduce those losses.

Alberta farmers Christi Friesen and Kyle Tarkowski share their take-aways from a presentation by futurist Bob Treadway. Treadway (trendtalk.com)spoke recently at Alberta Canola's #CanolaLeaders event in Edmonton. Friesen and Tarkowski were there. So was podcast host Jay Whetter.

Sherrilyn Phelps, agronomy manager with Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, talks with host Jay Whetter about the benefits of pulses in the rotation, and specific characteristics that may influence how a canola grower decides which pulse crop is best for their farm.

University of Calgary scientist Paul Galpern and Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialist Gregory Sekulic talk with host Jay Whetter about the economic value of natural non-farmed spaces within 'messy' fields. If you have these spaces on the farm, keep them knowing the unexpected value they provide for crop yield and reduced pest management costs.

Canola Watch podcast host Jay Whetter speaks with University of Manitoba professor and soil scientist David Lobb about soil health indicators and how to improve soil health. Lobb explains how some farmers are moving soil from low areas back up to the hill tops to improve yield and profitability.

Host Jay Whetter and guests Nick Larkan, Stephen Strelkov and Sheau-Fang Hwang talk about blackleg and clubroot, the value of genetic resistance and crop rotation, and the Hub of research summaries at canolaresearch.ca.

Host Jay Whetter talks with John Guelly, Barbara Chabih and Nathan Gregg about the Canola Research Hub at canolaresearch.ca. Nathan Gregg talks about a recent project on straight-combining canola.

Discovery Seed Labs is the first to offer a commercial test of diseased canola stems to identify (1) whether the disease is blackleg and, if it is blackleg, (2) the specific race. Jason Danielson and Sandy Junek of Discovery Labs and Justine Cornelsen with the CCC talk about the test with host Jay Whetter.

Host Jay Whetter talks with U.K. researcher Simon Kightley about the neonicotinoid ban in Europe and the effect on oilseed rape production and protection practices in the U.K. Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialists Keith Gabert and Gregory Sekulic join in.

Host Jay Whetter chats with Alberta farmer John Guelly about his experiences with clubroot. CCC agronomy specialist Dan Orchard joins in with lots of helpful management tips.

Agrium's Ray Dowbenko and Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialists Warren Ward and Dan Orchard talk about the phosphorus-deficiency message at canoLAB and about the surprising soil they demonstrated.

Andrew Thostenson, pesticide program specialist with North Dakota State University extension service, spoke on air temperature inversions at canoLAB 2017. Air temperature inversions result when dense cool, air settles close the ground. Inversions can be a problem for spray drift when winds are low and skies are clear.

This is the first in a series of podcasts based on content from canoLAB 2017. In this episode, host Jay Whetter talks with Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialists Dan Orchard and Nicole Philp and Alberta Agriculture oilseed specialist Murray Hartman about target plant stands, seeding rates and new tools at canolacalculator.ca.

Host Jay Whetter talks with Saskatchewan farmer and agronomist Jocelyn Velestuk about her love of soil, with tips on fertilizer, cover crops, manure and maintaining soil health.

What we thought was swede midge in canola in Western Canada turns out to be two species — swede midge and new one. Boyd Mori with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada talks with CCC agronomy specialist Keith Gabert and host Jay Whetter about the discovery, what it means for canola growers and what research is required. To date, midge has not been a significant pest of canola in Western Canada but it is for Ontario canola growers.

In this Canola Watch podcast, host Jay Whetter talks with Misha Glouberman about conflict resolution and the important distinction between "position" and "interest". Listening to this podcast can help you with any conflict — whether family, community or business.